1ST SINGLE + TITLE TRACK
FROM NEW EP OUT ON JUNE 2nd

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BC indie folk group Danny Bell and His Disappointments are back with their regional flavoured accordion-led folk/country/punk tunes! Their new single and video 'Killing Birds' is out today on all digital streaming platforms. Listen here. 

'Killing Birds’ is the first single and title track from Danny Bell and His Disappointments’ new EP set for release on June 2nd. 

The video was filmed on Treaty 8 and Lheidli T’enneh Territory at a dance studio in Prince George and an abandoned sawmill just outside of Mackenzie, BC. The mill is the setting and inspiration for the song itself. Shot by Adam Harasimiuk of Frost Films, the video follows the imagination of a mill caretaker with time on their hands.  

"Based on a true story, 'Killing Birds' explores the daily life of a caretaker for an abandoned sawmill," says Danny. "The song guesses at the workers identity based on the things he leaves behind after his shifts at the mill. The song was inspired by exercise equipment, a blowup mattress, a set of golf clubs, BB guns, and a sign out front that says 'Honk 4 Help.’”

Danny Bell's music is regional. It’s steeped in his affection for his home in the hinterland, a blue collar town, the stink of the pulp mill, and everyday life in Northern BC. Bell’s songs toe the line between tragedy and comedy. 

Danny Bell and His Disappointments released their second album, Songs For The Town, in December 2020. Exclaim! magazine called the album an “anti-capitalist, anti-elitist, anti-asshole folk record for small moments in small places… Songs For The Town is an insular record made for a particular place and particular people, but it speaks to something more; it speaks on where we come from, what makes a home, work, friends and lonely dogs.”

The band’s newest release, titled Killing Birds, was mostly recorded in the foreman’s office in an abandoned sawmill just outside of Mackenzie, BC. The EP's songs are reactions to a change in pace and identity during the pandemic. Going from performance and travel to the slow pace and isolation of a part-time security job brought a new perspective. The EP features lap steel by Liam McIvor along with collaborations from fellow northern BC artists Folky Strum Strum and Saltwater Hank.

Danny Bell and His Disappointments new single ‘Killing Birds’ is available now on Spotify, Apple Music/iTunes, and other digital retailers and streaming services worldwide. For more info, please visit dannybell.org.

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